Suspected shooters plead not guilty

Gretchen Hoffman

GLENDALE -- Two men pleaded not guilty Monday to trying to kill

another man during a car chase through Glendale, officials said.

Armen Babalarian, 30, of Glendale and Eduard Petrosyan, 25, of North

Hollywood are charged with attempted murder and shooting into an

inhabited dwelling.

During the chase Thursday, shots were fired in the area of Glenoaks

Boulevard and Sonora Avenue, and witnesses reported seeing two cars

chasing each other east on Glenoaks Boulevard.

A second series of shots was fired at a Shell station at 625 N.

Pacific Ave., and the driver of one of the cars was shot once in the

upper left torso.

Charges were not filed against two others arrested in connection with

the shooting: Sarkis Isahakyan, 29, of Glendale; and Tigran Alexsanian,

27, whose address is not known.